You Rejected A Silver Wolf

Chapter Sixty-Four - Triggered

Jaden's POV

My uncles had gotten experience. Together with my mother, they had ruled the pack.

The eldest had been her Beta, the middle her Delta, while the youngest her warrior. They only shifted the positions after I was born.

So if they said they sensed a Lycan, they bloody did. Right now, they were going on and on about their adventures and brave travels.

I used to enjoy their stories when they told Jake, but as they never cared to tell me, I ignored them. Now, they were bragging to Jonah about them.

"How close did you sense it to be?" I asked, interrupting them.

The middle uncle smirked. "Why, don't you trust us?"

"I do. There have been rumors in our kingdom; I just need to know where you sensed it," I replied calmly.

His furrowed eyebrows straightened. "Miles away, and it had bad energy. It might have been close but only for a while."

If that was so, then it might not have come on a mission but was still searching for its victim. Yet, he suspected Silver and Black Rose pack.

I nodded, leaving my seat. "If that's all, then I'll be leaving." Jonah jumped from his seat and stood with me. "We'll be leaving."

I smirked internally. Wasn't he enjoying their tales?noveldrama

My eldest uncle stood up, towering over me. "Jaden, you seem to underestimate this Lycan. Your bones should be shaking now."

I sighed. "I'm not a child, uncle, who shakes in front of bullies. Also, I've had prior knowledge of the presence of the Lycan, so..."

"Don't think you can handle it. You can't. Ask for Lycan hunters around. There should be some somewhere," the middle uncle interrupted me.

Lycan hunters had stopped existing since we assumed Lycans didn't exist in our part of the world. Where would you find those hunters?

"If you're worrying about me, which I doubt you are, then don't worry. The Lycan is looking for something specific. He won't find it."

"He better not. Nothing should make your mom nervous or worried-be it you being unsafe or the pack being unsafe," the youngest warned.

I calmly nodded. "I'll be careful."

"For your own sake and mother's. You should know we don't care," the eldest scoffed.

"I know." My fists clenched. Did he have to be so plain? "I'll be leaving now to handle the Lycan problem. Thanks for noticing it."

The middle uncle gestured with his hand for me to leave. My fists unclenched, and I rushed to the door, Jonah behind me.

I blinked several times, trying to fight the anger and dejection I felt. Whenever I walked into their house, I usually left feeling lesser than before.

Jonah walked beside me in silence. Any words he said could trigger me. I stopped walking, paused, and exhaled.

I turned to Jonah. "Call Ralph's brother and tell him to meet me at the library. I need to be sure what exactly attacked the roses."

He bowed and briskly walked off. I turned to glare at the house we had just left.

If they weren't my uncles, I'd have banished them from our pack due to the numerous attempts they'd made on my life since I was a child and teenager.

On getting to the library, I saw the red-haired girl and her team still searching for the prophecy. Books were overturned everywhere.

A shelf of old documentaries had been emptied, and one even got torn. The girl was dragging down another box with a friend to search.

"You're sure it's in here?" I asked, startling them all. They looked down but nodded. "Yes."

I glanced around the trashed room. "And there's no better way to search for it than to trash the place?" I raised my voice.

They didn't meet my gaze and fidgeted with their hands. I didn't want to scare them or pour the anger I felt for my uncles on them.

"Keep searching."

They nodded and threw the box open, bringing out the old crumpled scrolls that were in it. Many of them choked on the dust.

"Cover your noses with masks, please," I said, quite worried about the stench.

I heard footsteps coming towards the library and caught the scent of Ralph's brother. I leaned on the wall. "I'll be leaving now."

They all snapped their heads toward me.

"Make sure you find the prophecy and send it to me, unfailingly. Is that okay?" I asked. They nodded and kept on searching.

Ralph and his brother appeared before me. I frowned at Ralph.

I would be speaking condescendingly to his brother and would feel guilty if Ralph was around.

"Do you need something?" I asked him through mind link. He turned to his brother and then to me. "You asked for him, didn't you?"

"Yes. HIM," I emphasized.

"Follow me to my courtroom. I have questions for you," I told the brother, sparing no glance.

Ralph stopped him from following, and I paused my steps. "I can answer the questions you'd ask. Let him go tend his wounds for now," he said.

I cocked an eyebrow, looking at his brother's arm. They were already taken care of. There were no wounds on him.

Hadn't I seen him earlier, hurrying to treat them when I was left for my uncles?

Perhaps there was something Ralph wanted to say, and he didn't want his brother to know. "Fine. I'll get back to you later."

The brother nodded quite obediently and strolled off. I expected a condescending speech or worse. But he seemed... regretful.

"Okay, did your brother do something?" I continued towards the courtroom.

Ralph exhaled deeply, which was a sign that his brother had. "You know he doesn't really know about the people around here."

"Yes. Did he kill any of my warriors? He should know his own pack's scent, at least, shouldn't he?" I raised my voice.

I barged into the courtroom, and Ralph ran in with me. "Calm down. He didn't hurt anyone from our pack, and he's regretful as it is."

"He should be if he messed up. Who did he hurt?" I peered into Ralph's eyes.

He twitched his lips, then bit them. "If you want, I can go myself and apologize to her.

It's just that she didn't give a message that she was coming."

I didn't get where he was going. His brother had hurt a female? None of the warriors around the border were female.

I made sure because sometimes they got kidnapped and raped. Also, their mates were quite possessive of them being out in the open.

I calmed down, sitting on my throne. Since it was a female not from my pack, it might be a messenger from Black Hills.

"Who the hell was it?" I asked Ralph.

"My brother accidentally threw harpoons at your Silver while she was visiting. None hit

her, but she ran off injured. He's sorry."

The amount of speed Ralph used to wrap those words made me smile, but it slowly faded when they began making sense.